HB20-1271 Summary

• Repeals Colorado's extreme risk protection order law (article 14.5 of title 13) and related reporting requirements for state court administrators.

• Changes the standard for involuntary 72-hour mental health holds from "imminent danger" to "extreme risk," defined as a credible and exigent threat of danger through actionable threats of violence or death resulting from a current mental health state.

• Removes references to extreme risk protection orders from concealed handgun permit eligibility criteria in section 18-12-203.

• Adds definition of "extreme risk" to Colorado's mental health emergency procedures statute (27-65-102) and updates related provisions in 27-65-105 to replace "imminent danger" language with "extreme risk."